Christopher Owens
@scavamungus.bsky.social
History, economics, electronics, http://cypress.io
Occasional sailor
Test automation grayhair. Manufacturing and software Quality
IT Principal Consultant in Quality
Greater Houston area
Occasional sailor
Test automation grayhair. Manufacturing and software Quality
IT Principal Consultant in Quality
Greater Houston area
Pinned
Well if we're sharing embarrassing history blunders I'll admit it.
Sometimes I confuse Owsley Stanley and Oswald Mosley.
Sometimes I confuse Owsley Stanley and Oswald Mosley.
November 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Well if we're sharing embarrassing history blunders I'll admit it.
Sometimes I confuse Owsley Stanley and Oswald Mosley.
Sometimes I confuse Owsley Stanley and Oswald Mosley.
Maybe daylight savings should go the opposite way actually. I could really use an extra hour of daylight after I get home to get a few things done in the garage or the yard.
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Maybe daylight savings should go the opposite way actually. I could really use an extra hour of daylight after I get home to get a few things done in the garage or the yard.
We have a big bowl at work where all my coworkers deposited their leftover Halloween candy. It's down to the last dozen or so pieces now.
So what I'm saying is I guess it's time to remind myself why I hate Milky Way.
So what I'm saying is I guess it's time to remind myself why I hate Milky Way.
November 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
We have a big bowl at work where all my coworkers deposited their leftover Halloween candy. It's down to the last dozen or so pieces now.
So what I'm saying is I guess it's time to remind myself why I hate Milky Way.
So what I'm saying is I guess it's time to remind myself why I hate Milky Way.
I'm not sure what kinda noise I made when I read this but two different coworkers looked over the cubicle walls and asked if I was okay.
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I'm not sure what kinda noise I made when I read this but two different coworkers looked over the cubicle walls and asked if I was okay.
Also holding a grudge for using sheetrock screws for every household repair indoors and out.
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Also holding a grudge for using sheetrock screws for every household repair indoors and out.
the position of the Republican party is "we don't understand how insurance works"
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
the position of the Republican party is "we don't understand how insurance works"
Reposted by Christopher Owens
It's probably hard for younger folks to comprehend the bullwhip craze that swept the nation after Raiders of the Lost Ark came out
a man in a black jacket is standing next to a wooden fence holding a hose
ALT: a man in a black jacket is standing next to a wooden fence holding a hose
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:32 AM
It's probably hard for younger folks to comprehend the bullwhip craze that swept the nation after Raiders of the Lost Ark came out
Cardle
Guess the car in 5 tries. A new car is available each day.
www.playcardle.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
up until now my leading theory was that for unknown reasons costco habitually attracts shoppers who have never been to a store with shopping carts before and are profoundly bewildered by the concept
November 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
up until now my leading theory was that for unknown reasons costco habitually attracts shoppers who have never been to a store with shopping carts before and are profoundly bewildered by the concept
I just wrote a test case for an online store that lets you pay with a "shop card" but I typoed it as "shoop."
Paying with a shoop card.
You have to enjoy yourself when you can in this job.
Paying with a shoop card.
You have to enjoy yourself when you can in this job.
a woman in a black top and gold chains says shoop shoopy doop
Alt: salt and pepa singing their song "shoop"
media.tenor.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I just wrote a test case for an online store that lets you pay with a "shop card" but I typoed it as "shoop."
Paying with a shoop card.
You have to enjoy yourself when you can in this job.
Paying with a shoop card.
You have to enjoy yourself when you can in this job.
"The Javanese say, in truth, that they [Orangutans] can talk, but do not wish to, lest they should be compelled to labor."
- Jacob de Bondt
- Jacob de Bondt
November 6, 2025 at 10:25 PM
"The Javanese say, in truth, that they [Orangutans] can talk, but do not wish to, lest they should be compelled to labor."
- Jacob de Bondt
- Jacob de Bondt
I think many people who draw frankly antisocial conclusions from game theory are making a straightforward mistake.
They are thinking of games that are "one-shot," where players make decisions just based on the rules and their desired outcome.
One-shot games are common in an experimental context.
They are thinking of games that are "one-shot," where players make decisions just based on the rules and their desired outcome.
One-shot games are common in an experimental context.
November 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I think many people who draw frankly antisocial conclusions from game theory are making a straightforward mistake.
They are thinking of games that are "one-shot," where players make decisions just based on the rules and their desired outcome.
One-shot games are common in an experimental context.
They are thinking of games that are "one-shot," where players make decisions just based on the rules and their desired outcome.
One-shot games are common in an experimental context.
First thing I see this morning is a bug from our UX team that a particular image needs to be 50 x 31.28 px but it's only 50 x 31.
I'm not making this up.
I'm not making this up.
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
First thing I see this morning is a bug from our UX team that a particular image needs to be 50 x 31.28 px but it's only 50 x 31.
I'm not making this up.
I'm not making this up.
It is happening again.
The urge to sing the theme from "Love Boat" is happening again.
Hopefully I can hold it until I'm in the car for my commute home.
The urge to sing the theme from "Love Boat" is happening again.
Hopefully I can hold it until I'm in the car for my commute home.
November 4, 2025 at 10:14 PM
It is happening again.
The urge to sing the theme from "Love Boat" is happening again.
Hopefully I can hold it until I'm in the car for my commute home.
The urge to sing the theme from "Love Boat" is happening again.
Hopefully I can hold it until I'm in the car for my commute home.
Reposted by Christopher Owens
Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
November 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
Historically the term Republican has usually referred to someone in favor of a republican form of government instead of a monarchy.
How interesting that our Republicans have gone all the way back to wanting to reinstate the monarchy again.
How interesting that our Republicans have gone all the way back to wanting to reinstate the monarchy again.
November 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Historically the term Republican has usually referred to someone in favor of a republican form of government instead of a monarchy.
How interesting that our Republicans have gone all the way back to wanting to reinstate the monarchy again.
How interesting that our Republicans have gone all the way back to wanting to reinstate the monarchy again.
Instead of framing Democrats vs Republicans as "educated" vs "ignorant" you could just as easily frame it as "Lucky enough to work around the relentless Republican assault on public education for the last half century" vs "not as lucky".
November 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Instead of framing Democrats vs Republicans as "educated" vs "ignorant" you could just as easily frame it as "Lucky enough to work around the relentless Republican assault on public education for the last half century" vs "not as lucky".
I wonder how the ape holders that used multiple slurp juices on a single ape are holding up
ho ho ho hold on a minute
October 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I wonder how the ape holders that used multiple slurp juices on a single ape are holding up
this is the niche-est arms control halloween joke you're gonna see this year
For best results while trick-or-treating, use nuclear compellence, _not_ nuclear deterrence.
(CAUTION: Your results may vary. Side effects may include rattling saber syndrome, fear of escalation ladders, loss of nuclear control, and premature detonation. Void where prohibited by international law.)
(CAUTION: Your results may vary. Side effects may include rattling saber syndrome, fear of escalation ladders, loss of nuclear control, and premature detonation. Void where prohibited by international law.)
October 31, 2025 at 4:43 PM
this is the niche-est arms control halloween joke you're gonna see this year
huge plot twist! after pushing like one of those strip mining bulldozers for the Nobel Peace Prize he ends up with the prize for physics!
The guy who insists he's cutting drug prices by up to "a thousand percent" takes credit for a Nobel Prize in Physics.
October 31, 2025 at 12:06 AM
huge plot twist! after pushing like one of those strip mining bulldozers for the Nobel Peace Prize he ends up with the prize for physics!
If you're interested in our exciting new arms race, there's no better follow than @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social. His podcast is great too. I was going to say it was too infrequent, but since the policy is "launch a missile, get a pod [about your country]" let's hope it doesn't get any more frequent.
Now on @sciam.bsky.social: At least one nuclear-weapons expert (one of many, I’d reckon) is baffled by Trump’s call to “immediately” resume U.S. nuclear tests.
An enlightening convo with @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social, courtesy of @danvergano.bsky.social.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum...
An enlightening convo with @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social, courtesy of @danvergano.bsky.social.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum...
Resuming U.S. Nuclear Tests Would Only Help China, One Expert Says
“The only countries that will really learn more if testing resumes are Russia and to a much greater extent China,” Jeffrey Lewis says
www.scientificamerican.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If you're interested in our exciting new arms race, there's no better follow than @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social. His podcast is great too. I was going to say it was too infrequent, but since the policy is "launch a missile, get a pod [about your country]" let's hope it doesn't get any more frequent.
Reposted by Christopher Owens
CBS went to a military food pantry (those words, in order) to interview moms. 13% of military families rely on SNAP/WIC. When a military spouse of a deployed soldier on enlisted salary was asked if people should be surprised: “No they shouldn’t. We live in poverty just like everybody else.”
October 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
CBS went to a military food pantry (those words, in order) to interview moms. 13% of military families rely on SNAP/WIC. When a military spouse of a deployed soldier on enlisted salary was asked if people should be surprised: “No they shouldn’t. We live in poverty just like everybody else.”
Soon it will be time to reread _Of Tangible Ghosts_ and the other books in Modesitt's criminally underrated Ghosts trilogy: An alternate history where people drive steam powered cars, personal computers barely work, and environmental science is mostly concerned with what to do about all the ghosts.
October 30, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Soon it will be time to reread _Of Tangible Ghosts_ and the other books in Modesitt's criminally underrated Ghosts trilogy: An alternate history where people drive steam powered cars, personal computers barely work, and environmental science is mostly concerned with what to do about all the ghosts.
Once again about to be bitten in the ass by my habit of not taking enough vacation.
Don't make the same mistakes I've made, kids.
Don't make the same mistakes I've made, kids.
October 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Once again about to be bitten in the ass by my habit of not taking enough vacation.
Don't make the same mistakes I've made, kids.
Don't make the same mistakes I've made, kids.